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Indigency rules for Driver Responsibility surcharge published in Texas Register

There's good news and bad news on proposed reforms to the Driver Responsibility Surcharge.The good news: The Department of Public Safety today published proposed rule changes in the Texas Register to establish the first-ever indigency program for the surcharge.The bad news: DPS has dramatically scaled back their original proposal last summer, and the Public Safety Commission will need to provide staff additional direction if the rules are to improve as much as is really needed.Still, even the minimalist indigency program DPS proposed is a big improvement over what was in place before, which was nothing. What's more, at the last PSC meeting, commissioners made it clear they weren't wedded to the language and may strengthen the proposal based on what they hear at the public hearing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).